Prateek Tanmay
3 min readMumbaiMay 26, 2026 05:40 PM IST
Karan Kundrra and Tejasswi Prakash’s latest reality show Desi Bling is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Besides the criticism online over the show’s cringe-worthy moments and Karan-Tejasswi’s over-the-top outfits and dramatic reactions, much of the backlash has been directed at Satish and Tabinda Sanpal. In particular, one of Tabinda’s remarks suggesting that she was okay with infidelity appears to have sparked widespread debate on social media.
Desi Bling’s Satish and Tabinda Sanpal receive backlash
In one of the episodes, Tabinda Sanpal said, “Satish goes out partying, I know that he goes out with girls. When there’s a different girl every time, it’s okay. But if it’s the same girl every time, then you think it’s a problem. If this is Satish’s party, it can’t be without girls.”
Soon, social media users began reacting to Tabinda’s statement. An Instagram user wrote, “Wait, so now wives are normalising husbands having girlfriends?” Another user commented, “What kind of shows is Netflix making in 2026? So weird …Stop normalising this behaviour.” A third user wrote, “The way Binda behaves on the show honestly screams deep-rooted insecurity more than concern.Your entire personality cannot revolve around being someone’s wife and then acting threatened by every confident woman around your husband or around other happy couples.”
Another comment read, “So we are normalising this nonsense?” while someone else wrote, “It’s disgusting to even think that women have normalised this.” One netizen said, “Feels deeply sad to see society normalising and Netflix making such absolute BS,” while another commented, “Glorifying infidelity (eyeroll emoji).”
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Devoleena Bhattacharjee also reacts to Tabinda Sanpal’s comments
Not just netizens, even people from the film and TV industry have discouraged this behavior. Filmmaker Lakshmi R Iyer shared a post on Instagram that read, “Saw a clip from a reality show where a wife said she is okay with her husband cheating as long as the woman isn’t repeated. Stop normalizing this bullshit. Stop setting terrible examples in the name of being modern or cool. Being loyal and honest is still attractive, stop letting social media convince you otherwise.” In the caption Lakshmi wrote, “Cheat, just don’t repeat. Imagine how low the standards have fallen for this to sound acceptable on OTT.”
Reacting to Lakshmi’s post, TV actress Devoleena Bhattacharjee wrote, “Yaa… apparently the man will fall in love if he meets the same woman.”
Desi Bling released on Netflix on May 20. The show is a spin-off of Dubai Bling.
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